1995 Coca-Cola 600
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| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 11 of 31 in the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1995 Coca-Cola 600 program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. | |||
| Date | May 28, 1995 | ||
| Official name | 36th Annual Coca-Cola 600 | ||
| Location | Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.414 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km) | ||
| Average speed | 151.952 miles per hour (244.543 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 175,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 29.370 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Ken Schrader | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 169 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TBS | ||
| Announcers | Ken Squier, Ernie Irvan, Richard Petty | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Performance Racing Network | ||
The 1995 Coca-Cola 600 was the 11th stock car race of the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 36th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 28, 1995, before an audience of 175,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte would manage to dominate the late stages of the race with the help of changing his racing line according to Labonte. The victory was Labonte's first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte and Bahari Racing driver Michael Waltrip would finish second and third, respectively.
It was the first time the race finished in under four hours.
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Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
